Possible Domain Name Dispute

[p.cottam]

Hi

I recently recieved an email which i have pasted below by someone representing the ANIC (Asia Internet Network Information Center). with reference to registering another domain name with our current keywords (company name) cottamhorseshoes.com

I have written to them giving details our the fact that we are a registered UK Ltd Company and was incoropratred in 1926 and so have 80 years of trading history and have owned cottamhorseshoes.com since 1996 and so have lengthy prior use

Is this email for real or is it likely to be a scam trying to scare us into buying up every cottamhorseshoe. suffice through them etc

Suggestions and ideas welcomed

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Email Details Below

Dear Arthur Cottam & Co Horseshoes Ltd,


We are one of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution (DNDR) Committee members authorized by ANIC(Asia Internet Network Information Center).

Now we have something urgent need to confirm with your company.

On the July 20, 2008, we received the WhitefamilyNV company 's application that they applied to register the " cottamhorseshoes " as their Internet Brand and Asia Pacific domains. Considering these domains and internet brand would involve the intellectual property of your company’s name,patents,trademarks,and copyright, and in order to avoid confusion between them, so we inform you urgently.If you considered these domains and internet brand are important to you and there was necessary to protect them by registering them first, please let someone who is responsible for trademark or domain name contact me as soon as possible.Thank you for your cooperation.





I am waiting for your urgent reply,
Kind Regards,
Dr. Ballack Wang

Chief Law Officer,Senior Consulting Director
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[p.cottam]

Recieved the following reply and just done a whois on cottamhorseshoes.cn and found it has just been registered in the sender of the emails name

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email reply below

Thanks for your reply. Domain names and internet brand were open to be registered all over the world, the registration principle is 'first register, get at first'.The third party entirely own the right to register those domain name .You own the preferential right to register these domain names and internet brand,but it does not mean they belong to you. Now,The third party is applying the following domain names and internet brand which you have not protected yet, it would disorder your company activities now or in the future, and make business losses.



1.Domain Names

www.cottamhorseshoes.cn

www.cottamhorseshoes.com.cn

www.cottamhorseshoes.net.cn

www.cottamhorseshoes.org.cn

www.cottamhorseshoes.hk

www.cottamhorseshoes.tw

www.cottamhorseshoes.com.tw

www.cottamhorseshoes.asia

2.Internet brand

cottamhorseshoes

If these won't bring any loss or bad effect to your company, we would confirm the third party’s application and finish their registration.

BUT if you consider them were important to your company, and would like to protect these domain names and internet brand by registering them ahead, We will send an dispute application form to you and give you the preferential right to register them within dispute period. This is the only way to prevent domain name and internet brand from being registered by others.

Please make a quick decision and inform us, thanks for your support and cooperation.

Enclosed introduction to the internet brand.



Looking forward to your prompt reply,

Best Regards,

Ballack wang



Internet Brand Justice & Safety Dept.
Asia Channel Limited

Tel: +86-571-28927205 ext.808(Mon–Fri,9am to 6:30pm,GMT+

Fax: +86-571-28926277 Mail: ballack.wang@asia-channel.cn

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[Easywebdev]

Its a scam to get you to buy your existing .com domains with the new .asia and chinese tld's.

Delete it, forget about it.

[BigD]

Hello p.cottam

Looks like we are in the same boat. I have just found your post. See mine under "Dispute of Domain Name".

E-mail received by my client from Asia Network contained this in its sign off:
Email: lisa@asiaregistrar.mobi
Website: www.asiaregistrar.mobi

My browser is telling me "You tried to access the address http://www.asiaregistrar.mobi/, which is currently unavailable."

I am still undecided as to whether to treat Asia Network as a serious concern or to dismiss their approach as no more than a spamming exercise.

BigD

[p.cottam]

Well for whats its worth i ignored there demands etc and over the last few months i have had the same thing from 2 other seperate asian companies

Its a definate scam they try to SCARE you into registering your domain or brand name with an asian suffix

I am far from impressed with the Asian market as a whole speaking with direct dealing as a manufacturer of products also they have a very poor view of copying UK designed products and selling through backdoors etc

A lot of there business ethics in general leave a lot to be desired

[essencenetworks]

Thank you for this thread - as a responsible netizen, I want to report that I have recieved a letter from ANIC also. Looks very dodgy to me.

here is the email:

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We are one of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution (DNDR) Committee members authorized by ANIC(Asia Internet Network Information Center). On the Dec 1th, 2008, we received the Kai Tian Investment Co.,Ltd's application that they want to register "essencenetworks" as their Internet Brand and Asia Pacific domains. Because this involved your company name or trademarks,after their registering them, your company's identity may be confused by these domain names and Internet Brand .So we inform you in no time.If you considered these domain names and Internet Brand are important to you and there was necessary to protect them by registering them first, please contact us soon.Thank you.

I am waiting for your urgent reply,
Kind Regards,
Chris Wang




Internet Brand Justice & Safety Dept.
Asia Channel Limited
Tel: +86-571-86727080 ext.808(Mon–Fri,9am to 6:30pm,GMT+
Fax: +86-571-28926277 Mail: Chris@asia-channel.cn